Cleveland breaks 50-year-old rainfall record
Wet ride going downtown Monday.
Photographer: Mike Harris
Posted: 04/26/2011
CLEVELAND - A record that stood for 50 years in Cleveland has been broken. After .14" of rain fell Tuesday, the total of 6.72 inches broke the old record set back in 1961 of 6.61 inches.
The total of 6.72 inches so far this month is almost 4 inches above normal rainfall for the month. It appears like we will add to this record-breaking total with rain in the forecast Wednesday, Thursday and possibly late Saturday.
Over the weekend, Cincinnati also set a record for the wettest April on record.
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